 Poster: A snowHead
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Evening All
After confidence building runs in L2A - haven’t skied in 10 years (taking kids for the first time) and am super nervous. Pointers HUGELY appreciated!
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Sun 24-11-19 22:51; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Lizard201, welcome to snowHeads. Can we help you?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Evenin'....and welcome.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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I seem to have deleted my post somehow?!?!?!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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After confidence building runs in L2A - haven’t skied in 10 years (taking kids for the first time) and am super nervous. Pointers HUGELY appreciated!
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Get fit
Get lessons. When I was there many years ago, we used the ESI and they were great.
Check out Darren Turner's Instructional Videos (Elate Media) on Youtube
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@Lizard201, Start at the bottom of the pistes. There are a few button lifts accessing easy, short pistes back down. Some are free, no pass required.
Move on to Crêtes, Petites Crêtes is a green and Crêtes a blue.
At this stage probably best not to attempt to ski back to resort on blue Jandri 1, it is not an easy blue and can be busy. Choose a quiet time, preferably in the morning before snow gets cut up, for the first run on it. Demoiselles is a green back but is long, winding and quite narrow. If not confident take a lift down.
Move up to 3200m on the Jandri Express. Take the Glacier 1 blue back followed by Jandri 3 back to Crêtes.
These pistes tranquils are marked on the piste map. This is approximately the progression ski schools would use.
There are also relatively easy blues on the glacier and Signal.
More difficult blues are on Bellecombes, Fée, Toura, Thuit and Vallée Blanche. Plenty of reds and blacks too.
I'm sure everything will be fine.
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Huge help - thanks guys
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Can I ask - if there isn’t snow in the village will the nursery slopes and greens around there still be open?
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If there isn't any, any snow, no. But they usually manage to keep them open well into April. There is snow making low down too.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Thanks - we are there over New Year so it’s the early snow I’m watching for
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I'd second going high and skiing the blues around 3200. Remember that there is nothing wrong with downloading in the bubble lift, Demoiselles (the long winding green back to resort) is a hatefull run 
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Thank you!!
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